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Kansas Counties
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Kansas Counties
Kansas has 105 counties, the sixth-highest total of any state. No Kansas county has two
words in its name. Wyandotte County and the city of Kansas City operate as a unified government, and Greeley
County and the city of Tribune are in the process of converting to a similar system. |
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Linn County, Kansas
Linn County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Mound City
Year Organized: 1855
Square Miles: 710 |
Court House: P.O. Box 350
County Courthouse
Mound City, KS 66056-0350
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Lewis F. Linn, a distinguished United States Senator
from Missouri, who died in 1843, in office. He was a colleague of Hon. Thos. H,
Benton
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Linn County, situated in the eastern tier, next to the Missouri state line, and in the third tier south of the Kansas river, was one of the original 33 counties created by the first territorial legislature, with the following boundaries: "Beginning at the southeast corner of Lykins (now Miami)
county; thence south 24 miles; thence west 24 miles; thence north 24 miles; thence east 24 miles to the place of beginning."
It was named Linn in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a United States senator from Missouri. In 1868 the boundaries were redefined as follows: "Commencing at the southeast corner of Miami county; thence south along the west boundary of the State of Missouri to the corner on said line to fractional sections
13 and 24, township 23 south, of range 25 east; thence west along the section lines to the corner of sections 14, 15, 22 and 23, township 23 south of range 21 east; thence north along the section lines between the second and third tiers of sections to the southwest corner of Miami county; thence
east along the south boundary of said Miami county to the place of beginning."
By this act a strip, varying in width from a half mile at the northwest corner of the county to nearly a mile and a half at the southwest corner, was added to the west side of the county and the area increased to 637 square miles. It is bounded on the north by Miami county, on the east by the State
of Missouri, on the south by Bourbon county, and on the west by Anderson county
Geography
The general surface of the county is undulating, rather broken in the eastern part, and about one-tenth is too rough for cultivation. One-fifth is rich bottom land, very fertile and productive. The upland or rolling prairie is generally from 50 to 80 feet above the valleys, the highest elevation
being Silver Hill, near the Marias des Cygnes, which rises to a height of 300 feet above the river. The timber belts along the streams are usually nearly as wide as the valleys, the principal varieties being black walnut, oak, sycamore, hickory, cottonwood, ash, box-elder and elm. The most important
water course is the Marias des Cygnes, which crosses the northern boundary a little east of the middle and flows in a southeasterly direction, crossing the eastern boundary a little north of the center.
Description
Linn County is one of the most naturally beautiful and historically
significant counties in Kansas. It is particularly well known for its pre-Civil
War and Civil War history, which earned this area the name "Bleeding Kansas."
Linn County was home to the original Kansas Jayhawkers, the site of the Marais
des Cygnes Massacre, one of the triggers of the Civil War, and the location of
the only Civil War battlefield in Kansas.
The confluence of the Marais des Cygnes River and Big Sugar Creek resulted in
natural wetlands which are now protected as a wildlife refuge.
The county is now experiencing rapid growth due to its proximity to the Kansas
City metropolitan area, and to the US 69 corridor which runs through the eastern
part of the county.
Neighboring Counties:
- Miami County - North
- State of Missouri - East
- Bourbon County - South
- Anderson County - West
Cities and Towns:
| - Blue Mound |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Centerville |
township |
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| - La Cygne |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Linn Valley |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Mound City (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Paris |
township |
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| - Parker |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Pleasanton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Potosi |
township |
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| - Prescott |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Scott |
township |
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| - Sheridan |
township |
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| - Stanton |
township |
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| - Valley |
township |
County Resources:
Linn County - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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